Under the Veil of Night

Master Rudy's place

"Rei from Fiore Group shows an astonishing battle prowess, proving that the legend of the street exists," Master Rudy held the newspaper in his hand with amusement. Such new just made him wanted to laugh. If Kanae's current prowess made her a legend, what would his level of strength made him be? Probably a legendary monster would do.

Kanae looked towards her master resentfully. This old man spared every effort just to tease her when this time came. The thought of this old man teasing her every day made her mood worsened.

"Master, Rei won't be able to hold on if you don't stop," the young man reminded.

"I can't help it. She's too cute in the news that I want to laugh every day. Those reporters have excellent creativity to come up with such news in a matter of a night," Master Rudy laughed and put the newspaper down.

"They're just exaggerating news, Master."

"Well, they're quite true in a sense," Master Rudy looked towards Kanae. "Your rate of growth is rather astonishing compared with most people."

"I'm just lucky."

The young man rolled his eyes. If everyone could be so lucky like this girl, they would surely have experts. Who wouldn't want to have the same potential as this young girl?

"Aside from that, Senior, when are you going to tell me your name?" Kanae looked to the young man with a pout. This senior of hers never wanted to tell his name. She grew tired of calling him as senior every single time.

"Like I say before, I'll tell you after you defeat Master," the young man answered.

After the day before, Kanae knew that Master Rudy was one of the strongest members in Ryukalin Clan. Although he was categorized as the hidden clan head, he was still part of the Ryukalin Clan. With the old man's prowess, it would be a miracle if she could reach his level so quickly. It has been barely half a year since the first time she learned under Master Rudy.

Who in the world could raise their strength so quickly?

If the young man knew what Kanae thought, he might consider beating her up with resentment. She reached this far with only half a year of training under Master Rudy. On the other hand, he had spent years of training only to barely able to match up with Master Rudy's speed.

The contrast made him wanted to cry!

"Little lass, you better be careful with your movement for the time being. If you show too much appearance, you might truly attract their attention," Master Rudy's tone of voice turned serious.

Kanae nodded her head. "I plan to stay low for the time being, Master."

"That's good."

The young man stood up. He stretched his body slightly. "How's your feet, Rei? I heard that you got wounded by pieces of bullets."

"I have a personal doctor, so I'm fine."

Kanae immediately tagged Shiro as a personal doctor. She didn't wish for them to know that one of her members was a doctor as Shiro rarely made an appearance. If they knew, things might become complicated.

"That's good," the young man smiled. His face was illuminated by the faint morning light in the place, causing her to be able to see his handsome face.

"Do you plan to go somewhere, Senior?"

"Yes, I have work in a few minutes," the young man checked his watch.

"Work?" Kanae was startled to hear that this young man had work. From his appearance, she assumed that he should be barely 20 years old. Many young men already started work from a young age, but because he was part of the underworld, she didn't think that he has worked.

The young man nodded his head. "I have work from morning to afternoon. Evening is the time for me to sleep."

Now she understood the reason why she could meet with this young man almost every single night. He treated the night as the time for him to study under Master Rudy, the same as her.

"You have a weird schedule, Senior."

"It's not really weird if you think from my perspective. Rather, I'm glad that I have such relaxing work time. At my age, it'll be weird if I don't have proper job."

"At your age, Senior?"

The young man recalled something. A mischievous smile appeared on his face. "What is my age in your opinion, Rei?"

"I think it's around 20?"

Master Rudy laughed hard when he heard Kanae's answer. "You.. bawahahaha.. actually think… wahahaha… that… he's…. Hahaha….20 years… old?"

"Is there anything weird, Master?"

"Rei, let me tell you something, this man over here is already in his thirties," Master Rudy patted the young man's shoulder.

"I see…. Wait, 30?" Kanae turned her head to inspect the young man's face. From every angle she saw, she could only see him as someone around the age of 20. There was no trace of him being someone at the age of 30.

From their tone, she knew that they were not joking. But she couldn't just accept it like that. His face looked no different from a young teenager man, which she assumed him to be so. Realizing that his real age was already above 30, she felt that the world was truly strange.

"Another one who doesn't believe that you're already over 30," Master Rudy shook his head with a wide grin.

The young man smiled wryly. This master of his always loved the expression those who found out about his age. Most of them would be shocked as this appearance of his was indeed rather young for his real age.

"When will you open the cloth, Rei?" the young man pointed to the cloth that covered up half of Kanae's face.

"I'll open it when you tell me your name, Senior," Kanae replied.

"Are you sure?"

"When I manage to defeat Master Rudy, you're going to tell me more about the Black Street and the hidden clans, right? Won't it mean that I'll be getting a lot of information?"

The young man recalled that Master Rudy was indeed planning to have Rei knew much more when she became strong enough. He nodded his head.

"I'll be anticipating the time you defeat Master."

"I'll make the time come soon enough," Kanae answered with determination. She wouldn't let Master Rudy won against her for too long.

Master Rudy laughed. "Come at me, Brat. I'll show you the difference in our prowess."

Kanae laughed. She was about to prepare her stance when her phone vibrated. A loud ding was heard, and her expression changed immediately. This alarm…

"What is it, Rei?"

"Master, someone close to me is in danger. I need to go," Kanae answered in a hurry. Her head was thinking rapidly to find the closest distance to the school. If she was late…. She didn't dare to imagine it.

Master Rudy understood immediately. "Do you need help?"

"I can reach there quickly. Thank you for your consideration, Master."

With that, Kanae sprinted off from her position. The young man frowned when he saw Kanae's movement.

"She has only recovered her feet recently, but she's already pushing herself again?"

"Your junior is a little hot headed," Master Rudy laughed.

"Master, this is not a laughing matter."

"You should go to work, if you're late, I doubt they're going to forgive you."

"Fine, fine, I'm going."